Commerce Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Commerce is a structured system for exchanging goods between buyers and sellers. It involves studying the processes and activities related to buying and selling goods and services, particularly on a large scale.

• Question 1: Billboards and posters are forms of? Options:
  A) electronic media
  B) print media
  C) outdoor media
  D) window display media
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: Rights issue means the Options:
  A) issue of shares to the directors of a company on favourable terms
  B) Issue of shares by a company only to the founders of the company
  C) right of shareholders to vote on any issue
  D) issue of shares to shareholders on favourable terms
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3:

  Use the information below to answer 38 and 39.

  Companies i, ii, iii and iv produce and sell electronic videos.

  Company i, sells video for N14,000 each and offers advice on how to fix and operate them .

  Company ii, sells at N14,000 and its representatives go to install at no additional cost.

  Company iii, sells at N15,500 and offers credit sales at N15,000 each.

  Which of these companies are more engaged in public activities?

  Options:
  A) i and ii
  B) i and iii
  C) ii and iv
  D) iii and iv
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4: Which of the following is NOT a function of the stock exchange market? Options:
  A) providing long term loans to large scale enterprises
  B) encouraging people to buy shares and thereby providing capital for investment
  C) providing means of assessing the value of a firm's assets
  D) enabling firms to wind-up quickly in times of difficulties
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 5: Sudden technology changes can have the effect of making Options:
  A) a company's management style ineffective
  B) a company's product obsolete
  C) the control menchanism difficult to implement
  D) the motivational factors in the company difficult to monitor
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: The forum for the selling and of buying of securities of small and medium companies is called Options:
  A) Second Tier Foreign Exchange Market
  B) Foreign Exchange Market
  C) Securities and Exchange Commission
  D) Second Tier Securities
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 7: Drawing two parallel lines across a cheque means that it has to be paid into the account of the Options:
  A) payee
  B) drawer
  C) drawee
  D) payer
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 8: One of the functions of seaports is the provision of? Options:
  A) berthing and landing facilities
  B) loading and off-loading facilities
  C) control room for relaying radio messages
  D) warehouses for storage of cargo
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9:

  Which of these is not a merit of division of labour

  Options:
  A) results in specialization
  B) brings about an element of automation
  C) Training in new jobs is facilitated
  D) Creates monotony in the worktask
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 10:

  Goods and services are made available to consumers through

  Options:
  A) The advertising agency
  B) Sales promotion
  C) The channel of distribution
  D) The middle men
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  The correct answer is C .